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J. D. BRAY.

FOUNTAIN PEN.

@No Model.)

' No. 408,909. Patented Aug. 13, 1889.

WIM/8858:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Jol-1N D. BRAY, or MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

FOUNTAIN-PEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,909, dated August13, 1889.

Application led January 25, 1889. Serial No. 297,526. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN D. BRAY, of Montreal, in the Province of Quebecand Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and useful Improvement inFountain-Pens, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to fountain-pens similar to the one for whichLetters Patent No. 405,458 were granted me on the 18th of June, 1889.Such fountain-pen mainly consisted of a combination, with a tubularpen-staff having a feeder at its forward extremity, an opening oraperture in rear of the iinger-grasping portion, and a pen-holder toreceive the pen to be fed by the feeder, of a compressible bulbcommunicating with the interior of the staff through said rear openingand resting when the pen is in use against one of the fingers of thewriter.

The invention which is the subject of the present specification differsin some important respects from such construction; and it consists incertain novel constructions and combinations of parts, substantially ashereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims, whereby not onlycomplete control over the ink is obtained while writing, but also whenthe pen is not in use, and a separate cap to cover the outer end of thefeeder is dispensed with.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the iigures.

Figure l represents a longitudinal section of a fountairpen-that is,fountain penholder with attached pen-embodying my invention and with thefeeder as arranged to supply the ink to the pen from below. Figs. 2 and3 are like longitudinal sections, upon a larger scale, of the front orink-feeding end portions of the same broken away, and showing,respectively, the parts as adjusted to establish and to shut off thesupply to the pen. Fig. 4 is a transverse section upon the line @c ac inFig. 2. Fig. 5 is a transverse section upon the line g/ y in Fig. 3; andFig. 6 is a longitudinal section of the forward portion of thefountain-pen, but with the feeder as arranged to supply the ink to thepen from above.

A is the tubular main body portion or reservoir part of the fountain-penof cylindrical or other suitable shape in transverse section and of anydesired size. Said body portion or ink-reservoir tube A terminates inits rear in a solid rod-like extension l), which provides for the properholding and manipulation of the instrument when in use.

Fitted, as by screw -thread or otherwise, within this tubular reservoirA, at a suitable distance back of its forward end, is a plug B, whichhas a contracted ink-feeding aperture or duct c in a longitudinaldirection relatively to the tubular reservoirthrough it to one side ofthe center of the plug. Arranged to fit or screw within the front end ofsaidd tubular reser- Voir A is a forwardly-protruding pen-holder C,which may be provided with a shoulder or collar d, that, when the holderC is fitted or screwed home to its place, bears against the front end ofthe tube A. This pen-holder C, which is of tubular construction, has alongitudinal duct c in it to one side of the socket portion of saidholder, corresponding to the duet c in the plug B, so as to come in linewith it when the pen holder C is suitably turned for the purpose, asshown, for instance, in Figs. l, 2, and 4 of the drawings. The penholderC has also a flexible feeding-eXtension @,which bears at its outer endagainst the pen D, to supply the latter with ink, and which has the ductc extended lengthwise through it, terminating in a contracted apertureat its outer end,whcre it supplies the pen with ink.

E is the compressible bulb, made of indiarubber or other suitablematerial, and which may be fitted at its ends, as shown in Fig. l, toset into the rod-like extension b and tube A, so as to present an evenor flush surface with both.

G is a removable cap on the back end of the rod-like extension h, andwhich, when the fountain-pen is designed to be carried in the pocket,may be removed from such place and be slipped over the front en d of theinstrument to protect the pen.

lVhen the apertured plug B is made of elas- IOO sponding to thefeed-hole maybe cemented to it for the socketed end ot the holder (l tobear against, and which will serve as a spring to follow up the holder Cwhen loosened or turned to allow the ink to follow, and so preventleakage of the ink between the plug B and feeding' pen-holder C,

The tubular reservoir A is provided within the compressible bulb E withthe hereinbetore-referred-to aperture s' in rear of the finger-'graspingportion of the instrument.

The construction shown in Fig. G is substantially the same as that shownin the other figures of the drawings, excepting that thefeeding-extension e. is arranged to supply ink to the top of the pointedend portion of the pen instead of to its under side, as the manufactureror writer may prefer. When the feeding pen-holder C is turned oradjusted to bring its duet c in line with the duct e in the plug B, asshown in Figs. l, 2, and 6 ot the drawings, then upon pressing on thebulb E, so as to expel the air contained in it, and at the same timedipping the point ot the feeding-eXtcnsion e into the ink in an inkbottle or stand, and afterward releasing pressure from the bulb, thereservoir A will be charged with ink and will be retained there untilexpelled by another force. This other force will be the compression ofthe bulb, which the writer can manipulate, preferably, with his index orfore finger resting in rear of its outer joint on the bulb, so as tosupply the pen with ink as required, all as in my former invention,hereinbefore referred to. By the construction of the device, however, asshown in the accompanying drawings, a most perfect control is not onlygiven over the ink while writing, but also when the pen is not in use.Thus by very slightly Jturning or unserewing the feeding pen-holder C,so as to bringl its duct c in line with the duct c in the plug B, ink issupplied lo the pen l) as required, and

by turning said holder C in a reverse direction, or so as to put itsduet c out of line with the duet c, as shown, for instance, in Figs. and5 ot the drawings, the delivery of ink from the reservoir A is shut oitand air excluded, without any extra cap provision, from entering thereservoir.

The instrument may be made oi different sizes and of any suit-ablematerial or materials and its duets as fine or coarse as desired.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with a tubular pen staffhaving an opening or aperture in rea'r of the ifinger-grasping portionand a compressible bulb communicating with the interior of the stattthrough said rear opening, for operation as described, of a plug orfilling within said statt having a feed-duct through it out of line withits center, and a rotatable pen-holder provided with a forwardfeedingextension and a feed-duet passing through its rear and soeketedat its back in contiguity with the apertured plug in the stall? to putits feed-duet i 11 or out of line with the feed-duet in the plug,substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. The combination, with the reservoir-tube A, having a rear aperture s,and the eompressible bulb E, of the plug B, having a feedduet c out ofline with its center, the apertured elastic washer f, and the pen-holderC, itted to screw within the forward end of the tubular reservoir andprovided with a feed* ing-extension e and duct c', for operation inrelation with the apertured washer and plug B, essentially as shown anddescribed.

JOHN D. BRAY. lVitnesses:

l. GonMAN, AUGUST Gnnnv.

